^{28 Ref} But where are the gods you have made for yourselves? let them come, if they are able to give you salvation in the time of your trouble: for the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah.

^{29 Ref} Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.

^{30 Ref} I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.